One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFor glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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These people really aim very badly.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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